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• n  North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

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• United States
• U.S. government
• US Government
• U.S.
• United States of America
• America
• the States
• US
• USA
• U.S.A.

News & Articles

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• U.S. spy agency paper says fewer than 300 phone numbers closely scrutinized
  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government only searched for detailed information on calls involving fewer than 300 specific phone numbers among the millions of raw phone records collected by the National Security Agency in 2012, according to a government paper obtained by Reuters on Saturday. The unclassified paper was circulated Saturday within the government by U.S ...
  June 16, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Michigan U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers won't run for U.S. Senate in 2014
  U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers won’t run for the U.S. Senate in 2014.
  June 16, 2013 - The News-Herald
• U.S. women's soccer team rolls to victory
  FOXBORO - The U.S. women's national team has been on quite the run over the past 15 months and#8212; including an Olympic gold medal at the London games last summer and#8212; and that success continued Saturday night at Gillette Stadium.
  June 16, 2013 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette